A woman in China has provoked anger after she advised a friend to keep his father’s ashes in a cheap parcel locker rather than provide a proper send-off.
Mainland social media is awash with anger after a tourist from China was stabbed in the street in Osaka by a mugger who screamed “money, money” before being forced to flee empty-handed.
An 11-year-old boy in China has become an online sensation after he mastered physics, chemistry and programming then wrote hundreds of lines of code to build and launch his own rocket.
Renowned Taiwan singer and actress Angela Zhang has paid tribute to a doctor who was knifed to death in China by dedicating one of her signature songs to him during a concert in the city where he was murdered.
China metro station worker claims a slap on the back by a colleague who knows kung fu forced her to take 12 months off work.
A man in China who killed a drain fly that was buzzing around him by swatting it when it landed on his face suffered a serious infection which led to him losing an eye.
A woman in China is set to abort her baby boy after she was told he has a genetic condition which many people wrongly believe will make him grow up to be violent and aggressive.
A man with a persistent cough in China who thought he had cancer was relieved to find out that the cause of his two-year affliction was a chilli pepper he swallowed during a hotpot meal.
An academic at a top university in China has been fired after one of his PhD students exposed him online as a sexual predator.
There has been an outpouring of sympathy online for a Taiwan woman who tried, but failed, to save the life of her boyfriend in the aftermath of a horrific car accident.
A so-called 5-minute quick-charge workout that requires no special equipment, clothing or spaces is sweeping workplaces across China.
A group of philosophy students in China has gone viral after they set up a sausage-selling street food stall where they discuss big ideas while customers eat.
The Post takes a look at a selection of Good Samaritan stories which have come out of China in recent days.
A French rock opera singer has thanked a doctor in Shanghai who was quickly, and skilfully, able to remove a river fish bone that had become lodged in his throat.
In the latest odd news from China, a man “writes” under water, another is sanctioned for paying a fine with bags of coins, and a poisoned woman scares her colleagues.
Newly-wed man in China says he is happy to spend six hours travelling to and from work every day because he loves his wife so much.
A little girl in Taiwan was reduced to tears after her mother punished her for losing her shoes by demanding she walk barefoot on a searing hot pavement.
A brand linked to a mainland beauty blogger’s social media account has been exposed for making false claims about the “anti-ageing” ingredients in one of its products, prompting the blogger to offer a huge refund.
Doctors said the baby had inhaled a significant amount of milk into its lungs, and an autopsy confirmed it died from suffocation.
In the latest offbeat stories from around Asia, penguins attend a wedding banquet, a cat discovers how to keep fit like a human and a man bites a snake.
From earning just US$110 a month as an intern to paying US$5,500 for a pair of slippers and being proposed to in front of the Eiffel Tower – a China fashion blogger has got it all.